Iasi Open: Bulgaru upsets Maria in first round

Miriam Bulgaru won against Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday evening and will face the winner of the match between Bulgarian qualifier Gergana Topalova and French qualifier Selena Janicijevic in the next round

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July 21, 2024

Unicredit Iasi Open •Third round • Completed

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M. BulgaruvsT. Maria

Romanian wildcard Miriam Bulgaru advanced to the second round of the Iasi Open by defeating German Tatjana Maria, the second seed, 6-4, 6-2 at the Ciric Sports Base on Sunday evening.

Bulgaru, ranked No 206, will play the winner of the match between Bulgarian qualifier Gergana Topalova and French qualifier Selena Janicijevic next.

Iasi WTA 250, other first-round results (Ciric Sports Base, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

Nuria Brancaccio vs. Jaqueline Cristian
Marie Benoit vs. Anna Bondar
Varvara Lepchenko vs. Martina Trevisan
Lea Boskovic vs. Maria Timofeeva
Gergana Topalova vs. Selena Janicijevic
Simona Waltert vs. Ekaterina Makarova
Aliona Falei vs. Anca Todoni
Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Chloe Paquet
Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs. Petra Martic
Elina Avanesyan vs. Leyre Romero Gormaz
Mirra Andreeva (1) beat Noma Noha Akugue: 6-1, 6-2
Anna Blinkova vs. Olga Danilovic: sunday
Marina Bassols Ribera beat Irina Bara (WC): 6-2, 6-3
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (WC) beat Anastasia Tikhonova: 6-3, 5-7, 6-1

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